After her conviction, Marine Le Pen plays the money card

After her conviction, Marine Le Pen plays the money card

Despite its solid financial situation, the far-right Rassemblement National party has dramatized the impact of the court-ordered fine. The amount due represents less than a quarter of the annual public subsidies the party receives.

Marine Le Pen and eight other MEPs from the French "Rassemblement National" (RN) were found guilty of embezzlement of public funds, as stated by a Paris court in a verdict of March 31. The total damage, according to President Bénédicte de Perthuis, amounted to 2.9 million euros, because group staff had worked for the RN. For Le Pen, the prosecutor's office has demanded a five-year ban on candidating (loss of temporary voting rights), five years …

A professor at Sciences Po, political scientist Pascal Perrineau goes back to the condemnation of Marine Le Pen and executives of the National Rally in a fictitious case of jobs in the European Parliament.

Recognized guilty of embezzlement of public funds for having employed parliamentary assistants in order to serve the interests of his party the National Rally (RN, formerly FN), Marine Le Pen was sentenced on 31 March 2025 to a sentence of 4 years' imprisonment, including 2 years firm on electronic bracelet, as well as to 100,000 euros fine and 5 years of eligibility with provisional execution. The candidate RN had been praised in Mayotte in the…

On Tuesday, April 1, 2025, Pros' time achieved an impressive audience score. The show brought together 583,000 viewers, or 22.2% of the audience. A historic record for Pascal Praud. Never since its launch in 2017, the program had reached such a high level of audience. Marine Le Pen's condemnation captivated viewers. CNews came to the top of the news channels on a continuous basis. Morandini Live also beat a record audience. Jean-Marc Morandini's…